Associations to the word «Usnea»

Wiktionary

USNEA, noun. Any lichen of the genus Usnea.
USNEA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Parmeliaceae   — the beard lichens.

Dictionary definition

USNEA, noun. Widely distributed lichens usually having a greyish or yellow pendulous freely branched thallus.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras